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Table of Contents Of all forms of draw poker, this is one in which it is most important to play sheer percentages. I mentioned before (page 34) that you cannot afford to sit back and wait for a killing or a cinch in this game, because the overhead per round is so high. When you have a better-than-even chance to win, you must be in there. Although the blind-opening game was created to add to the amount of action, the game should actually be played quite conservatively because the average bet is so high. I am taking a typical game in which dealer antes $1, next player opens blind for $1, next player raises blind to $2, limit still $1 before the draw and $2 after. There are $4 in the pot, but it costs at least $2 to come in (and usually the automatic first bet is a raise to $3) so that the first man in is getting at most 2 to 1 for his money and usually only 4 to 3—little better than even money. He has to have a pretty good hand to do this. The first three men aren't going to have merely a straight or flush possibility; they are going to have very high pairs or better. Of course this |
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